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--- git [2023/05/08 19:57] – [Resolving a Merge Conflict] dblume
+++ git [2025/11/16 23:35] (current) – dblume
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 ====== git ======
+===== Building Git =====
+In Ubuntu, get some dev libs first:
+<code bash>
+sudo apt-get install libssl-dev libcurl4-gnutls-dev gettext
+</code>
+There was [[https://lore.kernel.org/git/xmqq5xg2wrd1.fsf@gitster.g/|a security fix in 2.50.1]], so here we get that one:
+<code bash>
+git clone --filter=blob:none -b v2.50.1 --single-branch --no-tags https://github.com/git/git
+# or: git clone --branch v2.50.1 --depth 1 https://github.com/git/git
+# or even: wget https://www.kernel.org/pub/software/scm/git/git-2.50.1.tar.xz
+make prefix=$HOME/.local -j$(nproc)
+make prefix=$HOME/.local install
+</code>
+This will put git in ''$HOME/.local/bin/''
+===== Using Git =====
 Make the clone of the remote repository.
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   git@fake.github.com:project/project.git
 </code>
+Eventually, if you want to add another branch to a single-branch clone:
+  git remote set-branches --add origin another-branch
+Or to de-single-branch-ize a clone:
+  git remote set-branches origin "*"
 ===== Creating a new remote repository from an existing local one =====
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 git$ cd testcode.git/
 testcode.git$ git init --bare
+testcode.git$ git config pack.threads 8  # Otherwise clone might fail with "unable to create thread"
 </code>
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 </code>
-I could've used gitweb but I used GitHub-like [[https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist|gitlist]] at http://git.dlma.com.
+Options are:
+  * I chose GitHub-like [[https://github.com/klaussilveira/gitlist|gitlist]] for https://git.dlma.com, because it works on my shared server.
+  * [[https://www.reddit.com/r/selfhosted/comments/13hxnf4/selfhosted_git_services_you_dont_need_a_huge/|cgit]] might work
+  * [[https://gogs.io/|gogs]]
+  * [[https://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-GitWeb|GitWeb]] (the one built-in.)
 ====== Limit scope of huge repos ======
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 git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time
 </code>
+====== Submodules ======
+[[https://www.cyberdemon.org/2024/03/20/submodules.html|Demystifying git submodules]] is [[https://social.jvns.ca/@b0rk/112604915327918216|summarized by Julia Evans in a 'zine page here]].
+Cloning a repo doesn't download its submodules. After cloning, run:
+<code bash>
+git submodule update --init --recursive
+</code>
+Git pull and checkout don't update submodules. To actually update them, you have to run the following every time you switch branches or pull.
+<code bash>
+git submodule update --recursive  # Add --init before --recursive on first time
+</code>
+====== You Don't Need GitHub ======
+[[https://medium.com/@the_atomic_architect/you-dont-need-github-your-ssh-server-is-already-a-git-host-8dd9a8c1f283|You Don’t Need GitHub: Your SSH Server Is Already a Git Host]]
+  * Set "git config receive.denyCurrentBranch updateInstead" Git blocks pushes to active branches by default. This tells it to accept them and update files automatically.
+  * Create a .git/hooks/post-update that triggers a rebuild or restarts services.
+  * Tell git to host the remote repo with "git update-server-info"
 ====== git vim mergetool on macOS ======